Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-11
GENERAL

GENERAL
| Two men were killed recently in Swift
erland while making mountain ascent
| without guides
attended with much loss OF life and damage
to property. Many buildings were shaken
down at Cuenca, Yagnechi and Bodegas-
THE British Government has decided to
| subsidize the Canadian Pacific route for
the transportation OF British mails.
! A FRENCHMAN and a Russian have been
arrested in Lemberg, Germany, charged
with being spies. They confess they have
been reporting the state OF the military de-
| lenses to Russia
| A COMMITTEE of the Holland Second
| Chamber has recommended measure re-
| stricting employment in factoriesand work
| shops OF boys under sixteen and women un-
der eighteen. Also that night work for such
persons be forbidden; that women shall not
be allowed to work for month after child
| birth.
SIXTEEN policemen at Pesth, Austria,
were disabled by heat one day recently.
IT is stated at Vienna that the American
Government has granted the extradition Of
Zalewski, the Austrian embezzler.
THE extensive strike of coal miners in
Bohemia has led to numerous riots. Troops
have been sent to the scene. Twelve riot
ers were arrested. The stokers of the
Austrian Lloyd steamers have also gone on
strike They complain of irregular en-
ployment.
PROF. Koch, OF Berlin, is publishing a
complete report of his journey to Egypt
and India, in 1888, to study the cholera, and
his discovery OF cholera bacillus.
THE Austrian mint has received orders to
make 60, 600 silver and bronze war medals
bearing the effigy of Prince Alexander, for
distribution to the Bulgarian army.
GARNER, an actor in Nine. Bernhardt's
travelling company, has challenged N.
Rochefort to fight duel for publishing a
derogatory article in reference to incidents
that occurred while the company was in
Rio Janeiro If Rochefort refuses to give
satisfaction GARNER will proceed against
him for libel.
IT is now expected that the British Par
lament will be prorogued August %.
TEN thousand Italian troops are to be
sent to Massowah in the fall
Two cases of cholera and one death were
reported from Malta on the Sd.
ACCORDING to official reports there were
10 236 deaths from cholera in Chill during
the period from January to June of this
year, and the Government expended 81, 000,-
600 IN fighting the epidemic.
ZoBEHR PAsHA, the Egyptian state pris-
oner in confinement at Gibraltar. has been
liberated, having signed a paper binding
himself to good behavior.
AN explosion of dynamite occurred in
Bitiro, a suburb of Messina, Sicily, re-
Gently, killing one person and injuring
thirty, besides dong much damage to
property. The occupants of the house in
which the explosion occurred were ar
rested.
SIEGMUND SOBERNHEI8I, the younger OF
the Sobernheim brothers, bankers of Ber-
lin, attempted to commit suicide the other
day by shooting himself The ball entered
his temple. The motive for the act was
not known.
THREE deaths from cholera have been re-
ported at Naples.
THE Bulgarian regents have ordered that
preparations be made for the reception of
Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg- Gotha.
THE Crown Prince of Germany recently
underwent another operation for the
growth in his throat.
IN the bicycle races at Bridlington, Eng,
recently, Temple, of Chicago, beat the half
mile record, doing the distance in 1:1311.
Woodside, of Philadelphia, attempted to
ride tweBty-one miles in an hour, but failed
by seventy nine yards.
A DISPATCH from st. Thomas says: Let
tiers received from Stanley Pool from
Henry NJ. Stanley announce that the expe-
dition arrived at AruwhimI Falls on June
Is, that all the members of the expedition
were we'll. and that preparations were be-
ing made for the overland march.
THE Ontario Investment Association of
London, Ont, is financially embarrassed.
From the general information CLEANED it
was learned that over 300, 600 of the paid
up capital stock had been lost to the asso-
citation. Charles Muny, the manager, had
left for Canada